Draft Talk is Back

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<p>Do</a> You Feel a Draft?</p>

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<p>In an exchange sure to send ripples of anxiety through the all-volunteer military, the Senate's senior defense spending member asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen if it is time to "consider reinstituting the draft."</p>

<p>Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, asked Gates and Mullen the question he said no one wants to ask: "Is the cost of maintaining an all-volunteer force becoming unsustainable and, secondly, do we need to consider reinstituting the draft."</p>

<p>Inouye cited the ever-increasing pay and benefits paid to active and reserve service members, noting that it now costs an estimated $126,000 per service member.</p>

<p>Gates and Mullen both said they thought the current volunteer force was the finest the U.S. has ever fielded. Gates said he "personally" believes that "it is worth the cost."</p>

<p>Mullen was not quite as sanguine.</p>

<p>"A future that argues for, or results in, continuous escalation of those costs does not bode well for a military of this size," he said, adding it the rising costs will eventually force the US to shrink the military, spend less on new weapons or to "curtail operations." The question of pay and benefits for the U.S. military "is the top issue we need to come to terms with," Mullen said.</p>

<p>This marks the first time a senior member of Congress has seriously discussed reinstituting the draft in almost two years. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, called for reinstituting the draft in November 2006.</p>

<p>Tuesday's discussion occurred during debate over the pending $70 billion emergency supplemental spending bill. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that the bill was unlikely to move before Labor Day, requiring a one month extension of war spending.</p>

<p>In related news, Gates was asked by Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi during the appropriations hearing what would happen if the 2009 defense spending bill were not passed, requiring what is known as continuing resolution to provide the Defense Department with money.</p>

<p>Gates, clearly prepared for the question, said the department would face enormous losses should Congress rely on a resolution, losing nearly $8.7 billion dollars for increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps, and see $246 million for the new Africa Command vanish along with $1.8 billion for base closure and realignment. A continuing resolution effectively funds a department at the levels it received the year before.</p>

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<p>If you noticed, these are democrat senators who are asking about the draft. The democrats are using the idea of a draft for political advantage, they aren’t actually asking to reinstate it. If the democrats can get the military to admit they need the draft, the result won’t be a draft reinstated, but our pulling out iraq and not invading iran/syria/ the rest of the world.</p>

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<p>If thats what you believe. Dems are instated the draft before, they stand to gain from it just as much as the republicans.</p>

<p>Its kinda funny that everybody thinks the Republicans are Bad. But somehow the the Democrats are good or better.</p>

<p>Clinton, had a huge foreign policy and also did put us into a Recession. He was no better than bush. He added to the deficit greatly, adding ridiculous social programs and then tried to play pretty, but having 1 year where he had a few cuts. He cut on Military spending, and this we were attacked.</p>

<p>Carter, Pretty much wrong in every aspect of what he did. Provided the country with the greatest economic downturn of that time. Left Reagan with 11.83% inflation and 7.5% unemployment. He was the worst president in American History.</p>

<p>I can keep going.</p>

<p>It seems the democrats, **** Up and its up to the republicans to fix it. Then they look bad.</p>

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<p>would you agree that this time the Rep’s messed it up(generally speaking), and now it it is the Dem’s turn to fix it?</p>

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<p>I think both sides are just as bad. I’m a conservative Libertarian. </p>

<p>But do I think the republicans messed things up, no, i think the American people messed the country up and will continue to make bad decisions until its demise. Bush was not given a good hand from Clinton. That hand was actually quite bad. We had a weakened military and were in a recession. Plus Under Clinton’s foreign policy, an attack was almost an absolute. </p>

<p>Two things will happen, and both by fooling idiot Americans.</p>

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<li><p>They will vote for McCain and we will go bankrupt and fall as we spread ourselves way to thin. We will continue the nonconservative way of spreading democracy, big government, and policing the world. We will continue to give up liberty for security, until we have neither. </p></li>
<li><p>People will think that we need to be saved by the left, and not realize that the only good things to come out of government were by way of true republicanism. when I say republicanism, I mean just that republicanism. Not nonconservative or todays interpretation. We will then move into a socialist state and closer and closer to our demise. We will be taxed highly and economic growth will go back even further. We will then suffer the same fate as option 1, we will go broke. This option is just like what is happening over in europe, high unemployment and lack of economic growth. </p></li>
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<p>The solution, is to end all social programs, enable 100% free trade and open borders and get back to a true republican system in which the country was founded on. Both of the other 2 choices above are just as bad. But like I always say, Americans will vote for what they want and need to deal with the consequences.</p>